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SA-239 - Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating System
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| The Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating System (Solaris 9 OS) course provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform essential system administration tasks in the Solaris 9 OS, such as installing software, managing file systems, performing system boot procedures, performing user and security administration, managing network printers and system processes, and performing system backups and restores. This course is the second of a two-part series that individuals take in preparation for Part I of the Sun Certified System Administration for Solaris examination.
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| Who Can Benefit |
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| System administrators who are preparing to perform essential system administration procedures in the Solaris OS.
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| Prerequisites |
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To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
- Perform basic UNIX tasks
- Understand basic UNIX commands
- Use the vi text editor
- Interact with a windowing system
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| Skills Gained |
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Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Manage file systems
- Install software
- Perform system boot procedures
- Perform user and security administration
- Manage network printers and system processes
- Perform system backups and restores
- Manage, list, and format local disk devices
- Mount and unmount different types of file systems
- Perform package and patch administration
- Use boot programmable read-only memory (PROM) commands and change nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) parameters
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| Related Courses |
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- Before: SA-119: UNIX Essentials Featuring the Solaris 9 Operating System
- After: SA-299: Advanced System Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating System
- After: SA-245: Shell Programming for System Administrators
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| Course Content |
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Module 1 - Introducing the Solaris OS Directory Hierarchy
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- Describe / (root) subdirectories
- Describe file components
- Describe file types
- Use hard links
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Module 2 - Managing Local Disk Devices
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- Describe the basic architecture of a disk
- Describe the naming conventions for devices
- List devices
- Reconfigure devices
- Perform disk partitioning
- Manage disk labels
- Describe the Solaris Management Console
- Partition a disk by using the Solaris Management Console
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Module 3 - Managing the Solaris OS File System
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- Describe Solaris OS file systems
- Create a new ufs file system
- Check the file system by using the fsck command
- Resolve file system inconsistencies
- Monitor file system use
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Module 4 - Performing Mounts and Unmounts
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- Identify mounting fundamentals
- Perform mounts
- Perform unmounts
- Access mounted diskettes or CD-ROMs
- Restrict access to a mounted diskette or CD-ROM
- Access a diskette or CD-ROM without Volume Management
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Module 5 - Installing the Solaris 9 Operating System
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- Identify the fundamentals of CD-ROM installation
- Install the Solaris 9 Operating System from a CD-ROM
- Identify the upgrade options for the Solaris 9 OS
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Module 6 - Performing Solaris 9 OS Package Administration
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- Describe the fundamentals of package administration
- Administer packages by using the command-line interface
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Module 7 - Managing Software Patches on the Solaris 9 OS
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- Describe the fundamentals of patch administration
- Install and remove patches
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Module 8 - Executing Boot PROM Commands
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- Identify boot programmable read-only memory (PROM) fundamentals
- Use basic boot PROM commands
- Identify the system's boot device
- Create and remove custom device aliases
- View and change nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) parameters from the shell
- Interrupt an unresponsive system
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Module 9 - Performing Boot and Shutdown Procedures
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- Identify run level fundamentals
- Identify the phases of the boot process
- Control boot processes
- Perform system shutdown procedures
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Module 10 - Performing User Administration
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- Describe user administration fundamentals
- Manage user accounts
- Manage initialization files
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Module 11 - Performing System Security
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- Monitor system access
- Switch users on a system
- Control system access
- Restrict access to data in files
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Module 12 - Configuring Printer Service
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- Identify network printing fundamentals
- Configure printer services
- Administer printer services
- Start and stop the line printer (LP) print service
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Module 13 - Configuring System Messaging
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- Using Print Commands
- Use the LP print service
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Module 14 - Controlling System Processes
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- View system processes
- Clear frozen processes
- Schedule an automatic one-time execution of a command
- Schedule an automatic recurring execution of a command
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Module 15 - Performing File System Backups
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- Identify the fundamentals of backups
- Back up an unmounted file system
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Module 16 - Performing File System Restores
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- Restore ufs file systems
- Explain disaster recovery fundamentals
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Module 17 - Backing Up a Mounted File System With a UFS Snapshot
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- Create a UFS snapshot
- Back up the snapshot file
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